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In 1993, NSF and NSI entered a five-year cooperative agreement appointing NSI as the sole provider of domain name registrations for .com, .net and .org gTLDs.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20010301153634/http://networksolutions.com/en_US/legal/internic/cooperative-agreement/agreement.html NSI-NSF Cooperative Agreement]</ref> In 2000, Network Solutions was acquired by [[Verisign]] <ref>[http://about-networksolutions.com/corporate-history.php Network Solutions History]</ref> and retained the registry business NSI. Verisign is the curent | In 1993, NSF and NSI entered a five-year cooperative agreement appointing NSI as the sole provider of domain name registrations for .com, .net and .org gTLDs.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20010301153634/http://networksolutions.com/en_US/legal/internic/cooperative-agreement/agreement.html NSI-NSF Cooperative Agreement]</ref> In 2000, Network Solutions was acquired by [[Verisign]] <ref>[http://about-networksolutions.com/corporate-history.php Network Solutions History]</ref> and retained the registry business NSI. Verisign is the curent | ||
registry operator of the .com gTLD.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/com/ .com Registry Agreement]</ref> | registry operator of the .com gTLD.<ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/tlds/agreements/com/ .com Registry Agreement]</ref> | ||
==.COM Controversies== | ==.COM Controversies== | ||